New York [US], June 5 (ANI): Addressing the Indian Diaspora in New York on Monday, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi claimed that the important thing architects of up to date India had been all Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) who stored an open thoughts in regards to the exterior world.
The Congress chief, who’s on the final legs of his ongoing three-city tour of the US, mentioned all distinguished leaders related to the nation’s freedom wrestle, together with Mahatma Gandhi, BR Ambedkar, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Subhash Chandra Bose, had been NRIs who stored an open thoughts in regards to the exterior world.
“The central architect of contemporary India, Mahatma Gandhi, was an NRI. The inspiration for India’s freedom motion was laid in in South Africa…Nehru, BR Ambedkar, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Subhash Chandra Bose, all had been NRIs and had an open thoughts in regards to the exterior world,” he mentioned.
His comment assumes significance because the BJP, which holds the reins of administration on the Centre, has typically accused him of sullying India’s picture on international soil.
The saffron occasion has additionally alleged a bigger world narrative to defame India.
Persevering with along with his offensive towards the saffron occasion, the Congress chief mentioned the nation faces a battle between two ideologies — one espoused by the Congress and the opposite by the BJP and its ideological father or mother, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
“There’s a combat between two ideologies in India — one which we (Congress) signify and different that’s espoused by the BJP and the RSS,” the Congress chief claimed.
Additional, he added that the rules and beliefs that the Congress holds expensive are the identical as that of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi.
He claimed that the concepts espoused and propagated by the BJP and RSS had been that of Nathuram Godse, a rightwing chief who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi.
“The ideology that we observe is the ideology of the Mahatma Gandhi, an NRI and a sort and a easy man who propagated non-violence and had a lifelong quest for the reality. Nonetheless, the ideology that BJP and RSS observe is that of Nathuram Godse, a violent and indignant man unable to face the truth of his personal life,” Rahul claimed. (ANI)
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